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Mica RF

IOC: 1996
Also Known As: Mica EM

Origin: France

Contractor/s: MBDA

Description: The Mica missile has been designed to meet the requirements of the French Air Force for an advanced fire-and-forget air-to-air missile capable of medium and short range engagements. The Mica missiles are suitable for close-in dogfight combat, while they can engage multiple targets beyond the visual range. It can operate in heavy countermeasures environments.

The Mica missile features 2 seekers and its own ECCM (Mica RF and IR ECCMs are different). The Mica RF is provided with an active radar homing head and the Mica IR is provided with an infrared imagery homing head. The Mica IR is an stealth missile due to its passive infrared sensor.
The target coordinates are transferred from the aircraft's sensors to the Mica missile before launching. Once fired, the Mica missile depends on the Inertial Navigation System target information can be updated from the launching aircraft via an uplink. In the terminal phase the RF/IR seeker is fully responsible for target acquisition and interception.

The Mica also features a high maneuverability due to thrust vector control and effective tail control surfaces. Mica's blast fragmentation warhead detonates by proximity or direct impact.

The Mica RF is in service with the Air Forces of Taiwan, Qatar, France, United Arab Emirates and Greece. The Mica RF missile is the weapon of choice for air-to-air engagements of the Mirage 2000-5, Mirage 2000-9 and Rafale aircraft.

Parent system is the Mica
Total Production: 3,000
Other Family Members: Mica IR

Transactions: There are 2 transactions involving 45 items for Mica from 1998 to 2011 and 1 transactions involving 7 items for the Mica RF view report

Applications:

Air Defense Systems
Corvettes & Missile Boats
Ship Air Defense Systems
Strike & Fighter Aircraft

Vertical Launch Mica

Gowind 200 and Khareef

Vertical Launch Mica

Mirage 2000-5, Mirage 2000B, Mirage 2000C, Rafale B, Rafale C and Rafale M

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:: Specifications ::

Dimensions
Diameter: 160 millimeter
Length: 3.10 meter

Performance
Max Range: 60,000 meter
Min Range: 500 meter

Speed
Top Speed: 1,328 mps (4 mach)

Weight
Warhead: 12 kilogram
Weight: 112 kilogram

:: News ::

There are 9 news between
8 Jan 2004
and
4 Dec 2012

Oman Carries Out First Operational Firing of Ground-Based VL Mica Air Defense System Indian Air Force Mirage 2000s to Receive Mica Air-to-Air Missiles in 2015 VL Mica Successfully Intercepts a Sea Skimming Low Signature Target Ground-based VL Mica Air Defense System Wins First Export Order Rafale Standard F3 Achieves Operational Qualification Mica Performs Successful Firing from a French Air Force Rafale F2 VL Mica Air Defense System Gets Green Light MBDA and Bharat Dynamics Limited Strengthen Cooperation at Aero India 2005 Hellenic Air Force Orders Mica and Scalp EG Missiles

:: Operators ::

Operators
	Country	Items	Country	Items
	France	555	Greece	?
	India	?	Oman	?
	Qatar	?	Taiwan	?
	United Arab Emirates	?

fully confirmed operational planned retired cancelled destroyed

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:: Notes & Resources ::

Last Updated:
Saturday, February 2, 2013

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IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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